I had a piece of chicken breast that needed to get used up. I also had half a packet of some Blue Dragon Chilli Coconut Stir Fry Sauce. So, I stir fried the chicken with some veg from the freezer and added the stir fry sauce. I served that over brown basmati rice. I really enjoyed that. Somehow, the second half of that package of stir fry sauce seemed hotter than the first half.
I did something I have been meaning to do. I weighed the pot that I was going to cook the rice in and wrote that down. I weighed the rice before I cooked it. I weighed the water. I weighed the pot with the rice, once it was finished cooking and subtracted the weight of the pot to get the weight of the cooked rice. I measured out one half of a cup of cooked rice for my supper. After supper, I measured how many half cups of rice were left. Now, I know how much cooked rice, by weight or volume I will get for a given amount of dry, raw rice and how much raw rice I need for a given amount of cooked rice. Well, I know for brown basmati. I imagine it would be same for other brown rice. I imagine it will be slightly different for polished rice.
I did something I have been meaning to do. I weighed the pot that I was going to cook the rice in and wrote that down. I weighed the rice before I cooked it. I weighed the water. I weighed the pot with the rice, once it was finished cooking and subtracted the weight of the pot to get the weight of the cooked rice. I measured out one half of a cup of cooked rice for my supper. After supper, I measured how many half cups of rice were left. Now, I know how much cooked rice, by weight or volume I will get for a given amount of dry, raw rice and how much raw rice I need for a given amount of cooked rice. Well, I know for brown basmati. I imagine it would be same for other brown rice. I imagine it will be slightly different for polished rice.
